Lawrence S. Ritter (1922–2004)
Autor de The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
Sobre El Autor
Lawrence s. Ritter (1922-2004) was chairman of the Department of Finance at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University. He collaborated with fellow baseball historian Donald Honig on The Image of Their Greatness and The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time but is mostrar más best known for The Glory of Their Times, one of the most famous sports books ever published. mostrar menos
Obras de Lawrence S. Ritter
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Ritter, Lawrence Stanley
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1922-05-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2004-02-15
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Ocupaciones
- baseball historian
economist - Organizaciones
- New York University
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 14
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 1,281
- Popularidad
- #20,021
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 19
- ISBNs
- 66
- Favorito
- 4
When originally published Ritter had only interviewed 22 players—four players including a Hall of Famer were added for this enlarged edition—whose careers went just before the turn of the century to mostly the early 1920s with a few exceptions. At the time only three players of the group were Hall of Famers and after publication four more were elected, but this collection of “important” and regular players gives this book a wonderful mix as well as the player’s backgrounds. Interestingly Ritter was able to interview several players that were involved in important moments of the time like Merkel’s blunder or Fred Snodgrass’ (featured player) dropped fly in Game 7 of the 1912 World Series, or several Cincinnati players who take exception that they wouldn’t have won the 1919 World Series if the White Sox hadn’t “thrown it”. Of all the 26 players featured in the book, I had only heard of Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg—who was included in the enhanced edition—and didn’t know that much about him so the individual perspectives on how baseball became a major part of the American social-cultural fabric was very interesting.
The Glory of Their Times is a wonderful look into baseball in the first few decades of the 20th Century, Lawrence S. Ritter’s work in transforming a interview transcript into a autobiographical feature that you could imagine the player speaking the words to you was fantastic and made what it is.… (más)